Fastening means for garments



T. HARDY March so 1926. 1,578,284

FASTENING MEANS FOR GARMENTS Filed March 1 0. 1924 fig/a @111. @112Patented Mar. 30; 1923. V.

THOMAS. nanny, or MANonEsTE-nnnemnn, nssie ion'ro n nanny am) coma PANYLIMITED, or MANGHESTEB, ENGLANnQ FASTENING MEANS GARMENTS.

Application filed March 10, 1924. Serial No. 698,070]

T 0 all @071 am it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS-HARDY, a subject of King George V of GreatB'rltain;

residing at 68 AlexandraRoad, Moss Side, 1

} ther modified form of hook and ring, whlle Manchester, in the countyof Lancaster, Englanchhaveinvented certaln new and useful Improvementsin Fastening Means for Gan: ments, of which the following is aspec1fication. 7 This invention relates to fastenings for garments. andmore particularly for aprons of the kind in which elastic is placed in ahem at the top to render said top expansible and'has for its object toprovide firm and efiicient fastening means which are readily appliedwhen making up the apron and which can be readily removed when itisdesired to wash the apron and reapplied afterwards.

According to the invention the improved fastener comprises a hook-likefitting formed of wire bent to a U-shape the free ends of whichare bentover at right angles so as to the overlapping ends when removingor'reoverlap to form a cross bar on to which the elastic at one side ofthe apron can be.

threaded through an opening left between placing the device. 'The otherend of the fitting is bent over alonga line parallel to said cross-barto form a hook adapted to engage a complemental fitting attached to aloop at the end of the elastic at the other side of the apron and whichmay consist of a plain ring of metal or bone or the likeor ofa metalwire ring formed withove'rlapping ends in like manner to the hook.

The invention will be more particularly described by the aid of theaccompanying drawings wherein Figure 1 is a perspective view of the hooklike fitting made according to one form of the invention,

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the ring forming the complemental partof the fastening, v

Figure 3 is a perspective view showing the parts illustrated in Figures1 and Q attached to an elastic waist band of a garment,

Figures 4, 5, 6 and 7 are views of the hook-like fitting in variousstages of manufacture. f

Figure 8 israfside view ofFigure 7,

' igures 9, 10 and 11 areviews of the mug in variousstagesofma'nufacture,

F1gure'12 1s a s de .VlBW' of Flgure 11,

Figures 13 and 14 are face views of a fur- 3 Figures 15 and 16 areplanviews of Figures '13 and 14 respectively. I 5

- In carrying theinventlon into effect ac cordlng to one convenlentmanner 215111118 trated in Figures 1 to12, the hook-like fitting a isformed of wire, preferably non corr0dible, which -is first bent to;aU-shape b as shown in Figure 1. Then the end 0 of one limb is bent overat right angles, as

shown in Figure 5, so that it nearly meets the other limb. The end d ofthe'other limb manner to the hook, Figures 9', 10' and11 showing thesuccessive stages of manufacture while Figure 12 is-an edge view of thefinished ring.

Referring to Figures 1 and 2 which show the "finished hook and ringrespectively it will be seen that the loops of elastic f, g'at therespective edges h, i of the apron can be a readily threaded thereon asseen in Figure 3 purposes. a i

Figures 13to16'show a construction of hook and ring formed from wiresomewhat andas easily removed for laundry or other after the manner ofthe hook eye shown in Figures 1 and 2 but with the limbs of. the hookportion bent inward to lie side by side and the eye modified to suitthesame'.

By these means the edges of such aprons or other garmentsare readilyfastened together and when fastened cannot burst asunder, moreover'thefastening means are readily applied and removed for laundry and otherpurposes.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my saidinvention and 1n what manner the same is ,to be performed I declare thatwhat I claim is r As a new article of'manufacture detachable fasteningmeans for aprons and the like formed from two pieces of .wire, the midportion of one f which is shaped to form an eye, While the mid portionof the other'ie shaped to form av complemental hook, and having thefree. ends of both "pieees of wire overlapped, parallel and in spaced,relation relatively to eachfother, providing be free passage leading tothe interior of each men) ber whereby a garment loo-p may be readilyslipped through the passage, thereby quickly attachmgor cletaelnng thefestemng' to: or fronrthe garment;

name to this specifieat ien at "Manchester, this 21st day of February,1924:-

' HOB'IA'S HARDY.

In testimony whereof, I have, sighed my I

